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Translating the stadium: InCrowd Sports' Seb Lear talks about how drinks companies can engage fans

Maximising Sport in Pubs

Translating the stadium experience to pubs

By Stuart Stone

The second speaker at The Morning Advertiser’s 2018 Maximising Sport in Pubs conference - commercial manager of fan marketing platform InCrowd Sports Seb Lear - discussed how drinks companies should be engaging the modern sports fan and how they can translate...

Wealth of experience: Jim Cathcart joins UKHospitality after a decade at the BBPA

Jim Cathcart lands UKHospitality role

By Stuart Stone

Cathcart joins UKHospitality as director of policy and regulation from the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) where he worked for 10 years as a senior policy adviser and policy manager.

Marathon effort: why not pick a pub along the London Marathon route from which to support passers by?

Which pubs can I watch the London Marathon from?

By Stuart Stone

A marathon guide for anyone whose idea of participating is applauding runners of the 26.2-mile route from a sunny pub garden or occasionally shouting encouragement between gulps of beer.

Maximising sport: Dom Collingwood of MatchPint talks about a fan's sporting expectations of pubs

Maximising Sport in Pubs

What is the future of sport in pubs?

By Stuart Stone

The first speaker at The Morning Advertiser’s 2018 Maximising Sport in Pubs conference at Stamford Bridge, Dom Collingwood, co-founder of event partners MatchPint, discussed what fans expect from a viewing experience, how they decide where to watch and...

End of an era: Arsenal will play West Ham in their first match since Arsene Wenger announced his intention to step down

FA Cup reaches semi-final stage

By Stuart Stone

In the first game since Arsene Wenger announced he will be leaving the north London side at the end of the season, Arsenal take on West Ham in a London derby they’ve dominated under the Frenchman’s tenure while the FA Cup, a tournament Wenger won a record...

Huge drive: the 2018 Masters attracted 40% more punters to pubs than the 2017 tournament

The Masters attracts almost 1m people to the pub

By Stuart Stone

According to Ipsos MORI, 907,000 people watched Patrick Reed claim his first green jacket at Augusta, ahead of fellow Americans Ricky Fowler and Jordan Spieth between 5 and 8 April, in the pub.

Riding high: the pub attracts a wide mix of customers – locals and visitors, young and old

My Pub: North Riding Brew Pub, Scarborough

By Claire Churchard

After 13 years, the installation of one microbrewery, and a good few tap takeovers, licensee Karen Neilson explains how North Riding Brew Pub has won a place
in the hearts of locals and tourists alike.

Getting the basics right: guidance from the BBPA, UKHospitality and Acas will help hospitality businesses

BBPA and UKHospitality publish employment guidance

By Stuart Stone

The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) and UKHospitality have published guidance to assist employers in the hospitality sector in collaboration with advisory, conciliation and arbitration service Acas.

Turn up the heat: getting the chefs your pub needs can be a tall order

MA's chef guide

Chef crisis: time to grow your own kitchen talent?

By Claire Churchard

Chefs are hot property. With numerous pan wranglers and kitchen kingpins on television or touring the country like rock stars it’s no surprise that people coming into the profession are ambitious.

When parents bring their children to the pub, it is crucial you take the heat off the adults for a while and play equipment can give a real point of difference to your rivals

Everything to play for: pub play equipment

By Georgina Townshend

The benefits of a beautifully designed pub playground not only keep children occupied for longer – and therefore parents happy – but can also help drive footfall and repeat custom

Whether it's a music festival or a fun day for children, outdoor events can make a huge difference at your premises

Summer lovin': Planning your outdoor event

By Georgina Townshend

Make your garden sing by putting on spectacular outdoor events with advice from pubs that have made it their business to put on a successful show

More jobs available: vacancies in the hospitality sector are on the up

Hospitality job vacancies rise

By Michelle Perrett

Job vacancies rose by 7.7% in the hospitality sector in March, the latest statistics from job website CV-Library has revealed.

History makers? Tiger Woods makes his Augusta return, while Manchester City could set a Premier League record

Sporting history could be made this weekend

By Stuart Stone

Tiger Woods returns to Augusta for the first time in three years and Manchester City look to wrap up the fastest ever Premier League title against their biggest rivals.

Combined effort: businesses and the public are keen to address the problem of plastic waste

Packaging waste targeted by sector leaders

By Michelle Perrett

The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) and UKHospitality are to spearhead the pub industry’s efforts to tackle packaging waste at a new event.

Plastic is not fantastic: media coverage of the scale of marine waste has been a driver in ethical consumerism

Nine out of 10 Brits believe they are ‘ethical consumers’

By Stuart Stone

Global software partner for the leisure and hospitality industry, Fourth, has revealed that 90% of Brits believe they are ‘ethical consumers’, while a further 67% state they would boycott brands lacking an ethical conscience.

Good causes: according to PubAid, UK pubs raise more than £100m for charity every year

Charity fundraising Pub of the Year shortlist announced

By Stuart Stone

A final shortlist for the inaugural All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group and PubAid ‘Charity fundraising pub of the year’ award has been announced ahead of a ceremony at the House of Commons on 17 April.

The 'Joshua effect': licensees now average an extra £900 of revenue when showing pay-per-view boxing, according to Matchpint

Bumper bank holiday weekend of sport

By Stuart Stone

A big bank holiday weekend of sport sees British boxing history being made in Cardiff alongside the return of top-flight football across Europe.

Game on: The VR Concept and Lost Rivers will open central London's first virtual reality arcade in a new site

New Lost Rivers pub home to first VR gaming arcade

By Stuart Stone

Lost Rivers Brewing Co has teamed up with The VR Concept to launch central London’s only multiplayer virtual reality arcade, Gameboxx and Bar, within the brewer’s new Lost Rivers Elephant site.

Great addition: According to CGA Group chief executive Phil Tate, their latest acquisition

CGA Group acquires CPL Online

By Stuart Stone

CGA Group completed the acquisition of CPL Online, the specialist provider of e-learning, business solutions and interactive services, from CPL Training on 27 March.

Star turn: Robbie Savage and John Hartson will manage teams at Leicester City's King Power Stadium

Still time to enter the 2018 BT Sport Pub Cup

By Stuart Stone

This year’s BT Sport Pub Cup will offer teams the chance to step up and represent their pub at professional grounds across the UK as well as providing former Wales international Robbie Savage with a first taste of managing an 11-a-side team. Though teams...

Learning first: STAR is claimed to be the first training programme built to match the apprenticeship levy

HIT Training and CPL collaborate to launch STAR

By Stuart Stone

HIT Training and CPL Training have joined forces to launch a new virtual learning environment designed to provide hospitality apprentices with access to high-quality learning facilities.

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